2010's first post

I'm a bit rubbish. I apologise. Various things have been going on which have drawn my attention away from personal pleasures (I've intentionally made that sound seedy because im like that) towards larger projects that have required to be finished. Hell I'm sat here working now still. Yesterday I split my head open on a wooden beam while running from my computer to the kitchen. I was rendering a massive file in final cut and left my heinz tomato with a hint of basil soup in the microwave. It was turning and burning, and when I say burning I mean it looked like a volcano erupting. Next thing I know I'm on the floor with blood pouring out of my head. 6 stitches and a lot of laughing with a casualty nurse later I was back at Chris my VFX guy's house continuing on the work. The results will pay off, I hope. I'll show case everything on here when I can.

Enough about me, lets look at some awesome sights I've seen on the webz over the last couple of months:


SANTA MAN

I only saw this earlier but was totally hooked. Incredible in all aspects



It's the brain child of Daniel Djanie, and putting out work like this shows the guy has got some serious talent. I really can't do it justice in words just watch the short animated film and see how addictively good it is. Click the link below.

http://www.motionserved.com/Gallery/SANTAMAN-Animated-short-film/412369


Are you getting the BIG PICTURE?

I've got a bit blog crazy recently. I posted the following link a few days ago in my personal blog which I mostly write utter trash and post personal moving image projects in from time to time (http://thatfilmduderyan.tumblr.com). It's photos taken from the disaster across the world in Haiti that strangely, although terrible, have this strange sort of beauty about them in some places. It's hard to explain but you can check out some of the images by clicking the link below, there are too many to post on here:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/haiti_three_weeks_later.html



Jordan Buckley

Jordan Buckley is better known for his guitaring in one of my favourite bands Every Time I Die. I've been fortunate enough to work with these guys on a few occations for various video projects and have seen the stuff that Jordan has been selling on their merch table at each show. Normally it's in the form of a tour poster unique to the tour, to which he only prints like 50 or so. It's a really good souvenir to take home rather than a t-shirt that 5 washes last looks like its fresh out of an ASDA 3 pack of plain t-shirts (logoless). His recent and most awesome drawing was one for a forthcoming tour with some good friends in a band called Four Year Strong. Check out the below image, if you want to see more there is a link to JB's website:



JB's site


FOUR YEAR STRONG

Talking of Four Year Strong, what about this for album artwork.......



Enemy of the world comes out in early MARCH. Get ready for some awesome music.


Galileo

Another incredible animation piece. No more needs to be said. Click here to visit the vimeo page.




The Kingdom Title Sequence

When I saw this, I got excited. Most people call you a freak when you get excited by film title sequences. But for me they shape my early anticipations of the film and most of the time they are right. The Kingdom is a great film full of nail biting moments, and its ending is one which I think speaks a massive truth about us as a species and what a lot of the hell that is going on now in the world is based around. When I say the ending, I mean the final lines of main dialogue. Check it out for yourself, see the film, but for now sit down and watch the title sequence because, my god, it is untouchable.

Click here to be blown away

While in the home of ikea

Greetings all

I'm somewhere out there (location x), taking it all in, but once again I have the time to post another entry in the dangerous commercials experience. This entry is mostly concerned with one of the loves of my live, motion/video visuals.

Hecq Vs Exillion

Joint directed byTim Brown (Colonel Blimp) & Christopher Hewitt (Knucklehead) this video is what I would describe is 'incre-a-ble' (which has now been coined as my main phrase by my American friends). Shot incredibly well and using a simple yet funny concept this has to be one of my favourite music videos this year (plus the drum and bass is awesome!).



A Day In The Life

This reminded me of myself during my time at University (and still does in some aspects). Awesome still picture and audio concept from Harry Nesbitt (no relation to Buzz Lightyear's alter-ego haha!)



Spirit of the stairs

A beautifully shot live video shoot. That's it.



MOSH VFX Showreel

Motion graphics agency MOSH VFX have just released their 2009 showreel for all to see. It's a pure inspiration for any budding motion graphic designers out there.



Blackhole

Awesome. You can check arjanM.com for more information on the music and the video. Sit back and take it in.

A stitch in time saves nine.

I have been so busy it's really been a trial to get the time to post another creative insight. But I'm taking time out of my day to do a small post on a few things I've seen over the last month or so which I've really liked.

Invoice

Imagine having an invoice for all the things in the day you wouldn't normally get paid for? For circumstances where the person you are working with is a complete asshole. Or where you think "to hell with this". Well......




Photography by Thomas Prior

Love how these environments look out of the ordinary yet are just every day environmental occurrences at the spots.






Monsieur Cabinet

Creativity in any place at any time with anything. That is the true reflection of a successful creative. These guys are doing just that, check out their site for more insights but here are a few I really loved.


























Tom Geraedts

A virtual CV. I really want to do one of these one day.



The Tom has recently pulled this out of the bag, incredible, mind blowing, so inspirational.



Ryan

Back from the Abyss

I always do this. I fall behind on blogs, its a well known condition called 'busy life'. But I'm here to return the balance to the world.

TYPOGRAPHY

Have been lurking around the typography served blog today and found some sweet new typefaces from Veer, a couple of these are in a similar sort of style as our latest CBP print advert which I will show shortly.
















CBP PRINT ADVERT

Designed by Tom Griffiths this will feature in the brochure for a charity event we are documenting at Hall For Cornwall in Truro. We kept things simple, clean and elegant to make the advert as appealing as possible to people of all ages.




MUSIC



THRICE - BEGGARS: One of the greatest albums I've heard this year, available for digital download from Itunes NOW! Or if you want to take a quick listen click the spotify link below which opens the album directly in spotify for anyone that has this remarkable program. If you don't have it yet, WHY NOT?

SPOTIFY CLICK LINK

Click here to buy on Itunes


VIDEO



This was an incredible HD video I found on vimeo a few weeks back. Shot on a red one camera the storyline was open to adaptation by the actors. All together it rolled into a wicked piece. Check it out and if you have a spare 20k please buy me a red camera!



This was another video that I saw in the vimeo HD section. It really is showing the power of the Canon 5d mark II and how digital film making is being reshapped by this wonderous piece of kit! The film shapped up something I've wanted to do for so long, which is shoot a short film based around solitude and how it is conforting for some people, at certain periods of time. It's also gloriously weird which I loved.



This video is another example of the 5D mark II in action. So fun!



I'm a massive comeback kid fan, and this DVD is amazing. The trailer says it all

IMAGE INSPIRATION

Thanks to FormFiftyFive for these beasts.











I can't wait for the Avata film (the last picture above). If you have no idea what this mammoth project is check out the trailer below and be excited.



This youtube embed is a little sketchy so head over the apple site and see it properly in HD, it's well worth it CLICK HERE.

That's it for this update. Thanks all

Ryan

Cut Copy

Limited edition packaging for Melbourne electro band Cut Copy's album 'In Ghost Colours'. Personally I love this album, it's a great one to listen to during a summer day. What's more intriguing with this is the premise behind how this limited edition works. CR blog writes as follows:

'The double CD package includes the album on the 1st disc and a 2nd blank disc which can be used to burn a personalised remixed version of the album. Users can create their own mix either by using the software and samples included (on a USB pen drive also in the package), or by downloading the files from the accompanying website 'Cut . Copy . Upload', where users can also upload and share their created mixes.'

Subject taken from the CR Blog. Learn more about the designer here.

Just tweeted in

An alternative to photoshopping apparently? HAHA! Intreguied? You should be, I was! Click HERE to learn more and see all the pictures.

Beastie Boys remastered Vinyl!

Getting it OH SO right with this new Vinyl release of an old classic!



Check out all the details right HERE. You can even have a listen. Oh joy. I just need to find the funds to buy a copy now!